Is Your Coffeemaker Grossing You Out?

If just looking at your coffeemaker is leaving a bitter taste in your mouth, Cleancaf Home Coffee & Espresso Machine Cleaner and Descaler may solve your problem. It did for me! Well, I don't want you to think that coffee connoisseur that I am, that it was my coffeemaker that needed a good cleaning...I used it, ahem, on a friend's. I dissolved a packet of this coffee machine cleaner in a quart of hot water, added it to the water tank, ran a cycle, and it rinsed away the stains in the filter basket and glass decanter. Those ugly brown rings and smudges weren't just unsightly — they were old coffee oils that weren't enhancing the taste of my BFF's brew. Plus, Cleancaf was designed to help scale (buildup of mineral deposits from the water) from coating the inside of the machine. A good thing because scale buildup leads to clogging, which makes the water flow through slowly — another contributor to bad-tasting java. Three packets are $5.99 at Bed Bath & Beyond and urnex.com.